DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s tax returns (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he has not had any communications with the president or his top staff about the department’s decision whether or not to provide Trump’s tax returns under a nearly century-old statute that says the Treasury Department ‘shall furnish’ them when requested. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said in a Sunday [4-7-19] show appearance that lawmakers will ‘never’ see Trump’s returns. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal requested the returns last week in a letter to Mnuchin that set a deadline of Wednesday to provide them. Mnuchin says he ‘looks forward to responding.’”
–Associated Press, “The Latest: Treasury Reviewing Request for Trump Tax Returns,” The New York Times online, April 11, 2019